dump truck
noun
: an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
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The Terminator drives a dump truck at full speed into a car just in front of the one Flyte and River are in, blocking their path.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Dynamic Drives Giessen View 16 Images Looking like a cross between a pedaled dump truck and a modern day motor carriage, the new Intelectra from German startup Dynamic Drives Giessen is a seriously muscular cargo mover for cities.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
Later in the month, a bus carrying students collided with a dump truck in the city of Nantong in the eastern province of Jiangsu, killing one person and injuring eight others.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
One of the vehicles was a loaded commercial dump truck.
—Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Dynamic Drives Giessen View 16 Images Looking like a cross between a pedaled dump truck and a modern day motor carriage, the new Intelectra from German startup Dynamic Drives Giessen is a seriously muscular cargo mover for cities.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
Later in the month, a bus carrying students collided with a dump truck in the city of Nantong in the eastern province of Jiangsu, killing one person and injuring eight others.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
One of the vehicles was a loaded commercial dump truck.
—Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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